What Are the Native Languages Spoken by PF Members?

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The thread explores the native languages spoken by members of the Physics Forums community, including discussions about multilingualism and language learning experiences. Participants share their linguistic backgrounds and the languages they are currently learning or have learned.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants mention their native languages, such as Russian, Dutch, Chinese, and Hungarian, along with additional languages they speak.
  • Several members express their experiences with learning languages, including Spanish, Italian, and Latin, and discuss the challenges associated with language acquisition.
  • There are humorous contributions regarding fictional or playful languages like Antarctican and Ebonics.
  • Some participants debate the effectiveness of different language learning methods and courses, sharing personal anecdotes about their experiences with specific programs.
  • There are discussions about the relationship between Latin and other European languages, with some participants suggesting that knowledge of Latin can aid in understanding these languages.
  • Participants express varying levels of proficiency in languages, from native fluency to basic conversational skills.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion features a variety of perspectives on language learning, with no clear consensus on the best methods or the practicality of learning certain languages. Participants share differing opinions on the ease of recognizing words versus engaging in conversations.

Contextual Notes

Some participants note the difficulty of speaking languages compared to understanding them, highlighting the challenges of language learning. There are also references to specific language courses and their perceived effectiveness, but no definitive conclusions are drawn about their superiority.

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This discussion may be of interest to language learners, linguistics enthusiasts, and those curious about the linguistic diversity within the Physics Forums community.

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:blushing: Dear PF members,

What are your native languages?
Any multi-linguals ?

Mine is Russian (but I speak English+Spanish)*
:shy:
 
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English, I speak French too.
 
I speak Antarctican
 
native language is Dutch

i speak french, english, italian and a bit of german

marlon
 
I speak Cheese
 
I speak american english, and spanish, enough french to get by..and can do a really lousy UK accent.
 
I speak Norwegian, English, German and the linguistic-perversion-known-as-Neo-Norwegian.
 
Mine is chinese and Malay + English
 
I speak English and a little German and I also can do a terrible British accent. My Canadian accent, however, is quite good, eh?
 
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I have enough trouble with English, so haven`t tried to learn another!
 
  • #11
English (Native) and a little bit of Spanish.
 
  • #12
chinglish(abit of french & math)
 
  • #13
Native languages: Russian, Tatar
Fluent in English

trying to pick Portuguese at the moment, after that Latin
 
  • #14
English, several years of german through school, picking up spanish a bit here in southern california. I think if I went to Germany and took a refresher I could get along after a month or so.

Also speak hubba dubba, pig latin, and a few other kid - friendly "coded" languages. :grin:
 
  • #15
English (not USian).
Enough French to get by.
Yorkshire.
Pirate.
 
  • #16
Finnish
fluent English
decent Swedish
german phrases from war movies, comics (Himmel, AAARGH!) and games (esp. wolfenstein). and also essen meine scheisse and ich glaub ich scheib mir I am die hosen.
 
  • #17
Pengwuino said:
I speak Antarctican
This deserves two rolly smileys I think. :smile: :smile:

Mine is English.
 
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I speak engish, pero tambien hablo espanol.
 
  • #19
I speak english-learning italian
 
  • #20
I can also speak ebonics :smile:

now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of there country

now iz da tyme fo' all pimp-tight men ta come ta da aid o' dere country ya'll is mad stupid.

http://www.joel.net/EBONICS/translator.asp
 
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English. I'm learning Spanish.
 
  • #22
so spanglish
 
  • #23
English, French (in high school), http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/ :-p
 
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Hungarian is first.
English is second.
German is a very distant third.
 
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Spoke French originally, switched to English, speak only broken French now, some Spanish, some Italian, can understand enough German to get by, can't speak much of it though.

It is so much easier to recognize words and understand a language, but it is so much harder to speak it (for me). I go to French forums and can understand enough to get by, but I could never reply to a post.
 
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le capiché l'Italiano? :rolleyes:
 
  • #27
Capisce? ...[/color]
 
  • #28
:confused: I'm not sure about spelling. it's a CD course
 
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yomamma said:
:confused: I'm not sure about spelling. it's a CD course
You're learning Italian? My best friend lives in Sicily, so I know some Italian, some Sicilian and some Palermitan (language of the mafia).
 
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I'm trying to learn italian. it's kinda hard though.
 

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